The Catholic CEO Blog

Control Spending
Control Spending
8 steps to find 7% to 12% of your spending to cut. Anytime. Guaranteed. Read more...
Hobbies
Hobbies
  The mark of an accomplished business leader is that he/she has a hobby. This demonstrates the ability to build balance into life. This, in turn, builds “perspective”. If you... Read more...
From Employee to Business Owner
From Employee to Business Owner
The toughest move to make in starting a business is actually the transition from a full time job to the business. The typical reason many don’t make the move to... Read more...
Tariff Hysteria
Tariff Hysteria
Examine the effects of tariffs and see how such a policy can rebuild an economy, create jobs at home, AND foster independence.   Read more...
Grandmas' Gardens
Grandmas' Gardens
Henry's grandmothers were entrepreneurs. They knew how to measure inputs and ration everything to yield. Sometimes they would shade this section or under water another section. They knew the secrets... Read more...
Operations and Lifetime Value of a Customer
Operations and Lifetime Value of a Customer
An operations strategy is a process of how you do your work in a standardized, repetitive fashion. This guarantees that your customers will trust that if they buy something from... Read more...
house and banner for real estate investing life lessons blog post by Henry Kutarna, The Catholic CEO
Real Estate Investing Life Lessons
18 lessons from Henry Kutarna, The Catholic CEO, a lifelong real estate investor. Don't learn these lessons the hard way, learn from an expert. Henry can help. Read more...
Eyeballs and Money
Eyeballs and Money
Eyeballs equal money in business. The only cost-effective way to digitally market around algorithms is through email. Read more...
Business Health During a Recession... or Any Time
Business Health During a Recession... or Any Time
During difficult times, like now, it’s critical to have a weekly dashboard that gives you a quick update on the health of your business. Read more...
Side Gig
Side Gig
A side gig can bring you added security as well as income. It is practice for a full-time business or can remain a side hustle. Read more...
Business Conflicts and How to Solve Them
Business Conflicts and How to Solve Them
Coaching session where Henry Kutarna, The Catholic CEO helps business partners resolve conflict. Read more...
Shorten the Chain
Shorten the Chain
By cutting out a link in the supply chain here or there, my client is gaining a few points of margin, improving financial performance, speeding up the sales cycle, and... Read more...
A Big Mistake in Sales
A Big Mistake in Sales
People are making a huge mistake in sales. The mistake is that they focus on a market segment for their product that they think is the right one, and do... Read more...
Bank Financing: Almost Impossible When You Need It
Bank Financing: Almost Impossible When You Need It
It's almost impossible to get financing from a bank when you actually need it because the human element is gone from the banking business. Read more...
30+ Bookings in 45 Minutes!
30+ Bookings in 45 Minutes!
This past spring, The Catholic CEO team put together a customer reactivation campaign for a mobile pet groomer. His sales were flat before the campaign. After? Wow! Read more...
Run Your Catholic Business in 35 Hours Per Week or Less
Run Your Catholic Business in 35 Hours Per Week or Less
The secret of how to run your Catholic business in 35 hours a week max! Seven tools to implement to get you there. The Catholic CEO Read more...
Value Claims Must Be True
Value Claims Must Be True
I challenged a really great business guy that claimed his product saves builders three weeks of labor costs. I challenged him to show exactly how that goes to the bottom... Read more...
Today's Economy and Real Estate
Today's Economy and Real Estate
How to handle the complexities of inflation in today's economy. Inflation can be good or bad for rental properties. The Catholic CEO advises principled entrepreneurs. Read more...
The Chicken or the Egg-- for Startups.
The Chicken or the Egg-- for Startups.
The chicken or egg problem for startups. No building if you don't have revenue. No revenue if you don't have a building in which to do business. Read more...
11 Creative Tactics to Attract Service Employees
11 Creative Tactics to Attract Service Employees
In an age of handouts to not work, how do you get people to work in the service industry? Here are 11 creative tactics to attract people to work. Read more...
Economic Disaster?
Economic Disaster?
We are already in a recession. Do you believe the inflation rate? I don't. Calculate your real inflation rate. For your business. For your family. Read more...
Leadership: Change it up
Leadership: Change it up
There are only 2 reasons to change leadership. The Catholic CEO is an executive coach and mentor. Read more...
What would Gandalf do?
What would Gandalf do?
The first of three steps to solve your procrastination problem. The Catholic CEO helps principled entrepreneurs solve their business problems. Read more...
Do Not Re-hire
Do Not Re-hire
You should not rehire someone who has left your company. The Catholic CEO team assists clients daily with this and other hiring challenges. Read more...
Stop Overthinking!
Stop Overthinking!
To help with overthinking, create a decision tree where you narrow down your decisions to the micro-decision level. The Catholic CEO Read more...
Eliminate Procrastination
Eliminate Procrastination
A client was stuck in an endless loop of coming up with ideas but not acting on them. Our great team assists clients daily with this and other procrastination challenges. Read more...
Product vs. Business
Product vs. Business
Is it a product or a business? As an investor in start-ups I’ve noticed a trend where people believe that developing a product is the same as developing a business.... Read more...
Ego vs Principles
Ego vs Principles
An objective outside party can see immediately whether ego is at work or principles. The Catholic CEO assists principles leaders. Read more...
GK Chesterton Leadership Lessons
GK Chesterton Leadership Lessons
A few quotes by GK Chesterton that shed some light on leadership. Compiled by The Catholic CEO, we help principled leaders excel. Read more...
Investing and the Catholic Economy
Investing and the Catholic Economy
How investment will work in the Catholic economy. Grants, loans, and equity investment will be available to the entrepreneur with help from advisors. Read more...
Answer Business Questions Directly
Answer Business Questions Directly
Give answers to business questions directly. Even with "sensitive" topics, be honest and direct. You can follow with your reasons after answering. The Catholic CEO, business mentorship. Read more...
Avoid Being a Ghost in Business Communications
Avoid Being a Ghost in Business Communications
Ghosting in business communications is unprofessional and unjust toward the person with whom you are communicating. The Catholic CEO helps principled leaders excel. Read more...
What to do if You Face Board Fatigue
What are the best practices for those who are beginning their CEO gig or are part way through it and begin to see board “fatigue." Read more...
Negotiating an Exit From Your Technology Start-Up
Negotiating an Exit From Your Technology Start-Up
If you are about to exit your technology start-up, use these 5 tips to avoid the common mistakes. The Catholic CEO, technology start-up mentor. Read more...
Better Strategic Planning Process
Better Strategic Planning Process
Best practices for the strategic planning process by The Catholic CEO, strategic planning expert. Read more...
The Prudence of Proper Pricing
The Prudence of Proper Pricing
Price your product or service right and you will move it. Wasting time with unrealistic expectations will still only bring you back to selling it at or even below market. Read more...
The Problem of Taking a Moral or Ethical Stand in Business
The Problem of Taking a Moral or Ethical Stand in Business
Taking a moral or ethical stand in business is difficult to navigate. The Catholic CEO promotes moral and ethical business practices. Read more...
The Catholic Economy, Part 7: Responding to Criticisms of The Catholic Economy
The Catholic Economy, Part 7: Responding to Criticisms of The Catholic Economy
Response to the objection that a Catholic economy is a parallel economy but we should be trying to influence the economy, not create a parallel economy. Read more...
Your Sales Cycle is Too Long
Your Sales Cycle is Too Long
If your sales cycle is frozen in one position and doesn’t work anymore, you are not alone. The smart entrepreneur wants to change this mindset. Sales cycle tips. Read more...
7 Banking Strategies in the Age of Political Correctness
7 Banking Strategies in the Age of Political Correctness
How to handle banks in the age of political correctness when you do not agree with the approved causes. 7 Strategies by The Catholic CEO, Catholic business mentor. Read more...
The Catholic Economy, Part 6: Transitioning Your Family to the Catholic Economy
The Catholic Economy, Part 6: Transitioning Your Family to the Catholic Economy
4 ways to transition your family to a Catholic economy where Catholic families can operate as independently as possible from the culture. The Catholic CEO Read more...
Tests To Determine Quality
Tests To Determine Quality
Two good tests to determine the quality of your product or service are the error rate test and efficiency test. The Catholic CEO, Catholic business mentor. Read more...
Championship Responses to Success
Championship Responses to Success
Here are some tips to respond well to successes in business by The Catholic CEO, family business mentor and coach. Read more...
The Catholic Economy, Part 5: Action Steps Toward a Catholic Economy
The Catholic Economy, Part 5: Action Steps Toward a Catholic Economy
5 ways Catholics can create a Catholic economy, beginning at your parish. Create a Catholic economy, build economic strength for Catholics. Read more...
The Catholic Economy, Part 4: What is a Catholic Economy?
The Catholic Economy, Part 4: What is a Catholic Economy?
General principles of a Catholic economy, how it works, who would notice, and the first steps. By The Catholic CEO, creating a Catholic economy. Read more...
The Catholic Economy, Part 3: How to Handle Losing Your Job For Conscience Reasons
The Catholic Economy, Part 3: How to Handle Losing Your Job For Conscience Reasons
The Catholic CEO recently held a workshop for people who have lost their jobs, or may soon lose their jobs, for conscience reasons. Read more...
The Catholic Economy, Part 2: Pro Tips For a Catholic Business
The Catholic Economy, Part 2: Pro Tips For a Catholic Business
A few principles to inform your business decisions and some typical tests that businesses use, with a Catholic focus. Create a Catholic Economy. Read more...
The Catholic Economy 1: How the Catholic Business Treats People
The Catholic Economy 1: How the Catholic Business Treats People
Steps you can take to implement your Catholic faith with your employees and your pricing. Catholic business mentor, The Catholic CEO. Read more...
How to be a Catholic Running a Catholic Business
How to visibly demonstrate, by your actions and decisions, that you are a Catholic running a Catholic business. The Catholic CEO, Catholic business mentor. Read more...
How to do Customer Discovery
How to do Customer Discovery
Customer discovery is an in-depth process of dialogue with a potential, existing, or past customer that takes place outside the context of a sales pitch. Discovery. Read more...